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Steam week in review: Another online shooter winds down weeks after launch, as robot cowboys take over

It’s been a rough year for new multiplayer games but then, the same was true in 2025. By now it’s taken for granted that a long in-development project released by major publishers is not guaranteed success. Not only that, what hits is wildly unpredictable—exemplified by the likes of Peak and Phasmophobia—and success rarely corresponds with…

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Former Elder Scrolls Online boss was told in 2001 that ‘There’s already enough MMOs out there, no one is ever gonna play a new one’

In a recent interview with MinnMax, ZeniMax Online Studios founder Matt Firor discussed the death of its new MMO, Project Blackbird, as well as his thoughts on the games industry’s current economic crisis. The takeaway? While things are bad, he thinks we’re still in a boom and bust cycle that will come back around, and…

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